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Renowned artist and hometown hero Wendell Minor to be honored in Aurora
May 22, 2019 11:22 PM - Join the City of Aurora in honoring one of its living treasures, internationally-acclaimed artist and illustrator Wendell Minor. Minor grew up in a home on West New York Street., then called Walnut Street, and soon to be named "Wendell Minor Way." -
MCC to host 24-hour playwriting competitionMay 22, 2019 11:36 PM - McHenry County College will host a 24-hour Playwriting Competition June 7-8. The competition challenges groups of two to seven people who will write, rehearse and perform a play within 24 hours. A cash prize will be awarded for the winning play.
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Review: The creator of 'Hannibal' returns with new monster
May 21, 2019 11:28 AM - Book review: Thomas Harris's first novel in 13 years introduces a new cast of characters with a strong woman and the vile people that surround her
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Book details Schaumburg artist's experience in World War II's famed 'Ghost Army'
May 21, 2019 12:24 PM - The exeriences of Bernie Bluestein of Schaumburg, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, are included in a new book titled "The Ghost Army: Conning the Third Reich."
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New novel 'Love Actually' meets the horoscopes
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Review: In Owen Laukkanen's latest, a dog unites strangers
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Review: Expect the unexpected in 'The Never Game'
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Book review: Dustin Lance Black's memoir hooks readers quickly
May 20, 2019 6:00 AM - Dustin Lance Black's new memoir, "Mama's Boy: A Story From Our Americas," hooks readers right off the bat by describing the moment his beloved mother might die. -
Book review: Jill Biden's memoir -- like Michelle Obama's -- is not meant to be political
May 19, 2019 7:28 AM - Jill Biden is the wife of former vice president Joe Biden, now a presidential candidate. But her role as mother to Beau Biden, who died four years ago of brain cancer, is the undulating theme of her new book, "Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself." -
Book review: Tense 'If She Wakes' moves to a surprising finale
May 18, 2019 7:26 AM - "If She Wakes" by Michael Koryta works well as a quintessential thriller, but also as a tale about rebuilding one's life and not giving up on one's self amid insurmountable odds.
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